[alfa] RE: 164 Challenge

["Karl Chen" <karlcchen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

NO. jiggling switch has no effect.  The instrument turn signal indicators
works, as well as parking light indicator.  But the instrument does not get
into self test mode.  Bad ECU?

Karl

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Elliott [mailto:jelliott@domain.elided]
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 2:06 PM
To: alfa@domain.elided
Cc: karlcchen@domain.elided
Subject: Re: 164 Challenge

Without knowing anything about 164's, or thinking too hard, I'm going
to suggest a bad ignition switch.  When the instruments come on for
like .2s, does jiggling the key have any effect?

-Joe


At 6:28 PM +0000 6/11/04, alfa-digest wrote:
>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:22:47 -0700
>From: "Karl Chen" <karlcchen@domain.elided>
>Subject: [alfa] 164 Challenge - Italian mistress giving slient
>treatment over German rivals
>
>Anyone has better experience handling family feud of car polygamy?
>
>
>
>My 94 164LS engine cannot start with starter cranking.  After several
>cranking retires.  Suddenly the entire instrument panel went out black.
Now
>I cannot even get starter to crank.  When I turn the ignition key on, the
>instrument is dead.  No gauge is alive, no warning light turn on.  Electric
>windows don't work either, but radio and headlights and interior lights
>worked as well as remote keyless entry.  I checked all relays and fuses,
>they are all fine.  I am totally clueless now.
>
>
>
>If I let car sit for several days, when I turn the ignition key on, the
>instrument panel will light up very briefly like 0.2 second, but then
>immediately got turn off. Subsequent retries afterward cannot light it up
at
>all.  Not even unplug entire battery can let it light up briefly.  Only let
>it sit for several days will it light up very briefly again then it is all
>dead again.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Karl
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